Tehran, YJC. Negotiator says Iran started talks with West not to burden itself with heavier cost, but rather to reduce the cost it was paying for its resistance.
Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi described the International Atomic Energy Agency's Friday report on Iran's nuclear activities as "a step forward" in Iran-IAEA cooperation, and said it underlines Tehran's non-diversion and transparency.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has told the western powers that they intend to stop the operation of Iran's Fordo enrichment facility through talks because they cannot destroy it through military attack, his deputy Seyed Abbas Araqchi said Saturday.
Despite its enthusiasm to resolve the nuclear dispute, the Rouhani administration needs to avoid red lines drawn by both the establishment and the Iranian public.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday that clinching a final nuclear deal with world powers is still "possible" despite a tough round of talks this week.
A senior diplomat close to the Iranian team of negotiators in the Vienna nuclear talks with the world powers urged the Western states to stop their excessive demands, reiterating that Iran is standing firm on its rights.
Despite fears to the contrary, North Korea does not appear to be preparing an imminent nuclear test, a US think-tank said Wednesday in an analysis of recent satellite images of Pyongyang's main test site.
Iran is sharing nuclear technology with North Korea, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview published Wednesday, as Tehran and world powers hold talks aimed at ending a decade-old standoff.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Tokyo later Sunday for talks with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe where he is expected to take up the issues of Iranian nuclear talks and economic cooperation.